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OPINION: The good fight against "banking wokery" continues with a draft bill to scrap the red tape forcing banks and…
Westland Milk Products customers are being assured food safety and human health has not been put at risk by the discovery of traces of DCD in some of its own samples this week.
Federated Farmers will consult members on proposed changes that could reshape the delivery of physical mail to over half a million New Zealanders in rural areas.
The Alliance Group is now supplying Pure South beef, venison and lamb to a restaurant in Singapore's iconic waterfront precinct.
The Red Meat sector will get $32 million in PGP funding for a collaborative programme to push for the adoption of best practice by sheep and beef farmers.
Water reforms and improved irrigation are top priorities for the MPI, according to its Director General, Wayne McNee.
There’s a big difference between farmers being experienced with quad bikes and being competent to use them across a wide range of tasks according to Ona de Rooy, general manage health and safety operations at the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MIBE).
UNFAVOURBALE WEATHER is piling further pressure on sheep farmers grappling with low lamb prices.
Back on the farm at Ruawai, Lockwood Smith decided he wanted to breed cattle – partly because the farm was no longer suitable for running sheep.
Hugh and Pru Lilburn, who farm Drysdale Station and Ferndale Properties – inland Hunterville, held their first on farm sale on January 9; yarding 7360 lambs from the two properties.
DANISH DAIRY cooperative Arla Foods is ditching expansion plans in Europe and increasing its focus on China, Russia and Africa/Middle East.
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Lamb producers could learn from New Zealand tourism by targeting top-end Chinese markets, says Westpac economist Nathan Penny.
Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) is launching an international search for a new chief executive.
For the most part, 2013’s economic themes for the rural sector are looking generally positive.
A sea-faring mate of the Hound tells of an encounter with a marine weatherman in Russell, Bay of Islands, while boating there over the festive season.
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